| Rank | Artist | Album | Title |
| 1 | Yes | Extended Versions | America |
| 2 | Various Artists - Cleopatra Records | A Homage To NEU! | Neutronics 98 (A Tribute To Conny Plank) - Michael Rother |
| 3 | Thinking Plague | Early Plague Years | A Light Is on and Name the World |
| 4 | Yes | Extended Versions | Awaken |
| 5 | Pallas | The Sentinel | East West |
| 6 | Phish | Rift | My Friend, My Friend |
| 7 | Bill Laswell | Hear No Evil | Assassin |
| 8 | PFM | Chocolate Kings | From Under |
| 9 | Farpoint | Grace | Into the Night |
| 10 | Thieves' Kitchen | Argot | John Doe Number One |
| 11 | John Paul Jones | The Thunderthief | Leafy Meadows |
| 12 | California Guitar Trio | Invitation | Toccata and Fugue in D minor |
| 13 | Various Artists - Plain Recordings | Iamaphotographer | Antonioni's Groove - Mushroom |
| 14 | Jugalbandi | 1999 | Elmer Season (#1) |
| 15 | King Crimson | The Power To Believe | Facts of Life |
| 16 | Spaced Out | Spaced Out | The Fifth Dimension |
| 17 | Rakoth | Planeshift | Fear (Wasn't In The Design) |
| 18 | Mainhorse | Mainhorse | Introduction |
| 19 | Jon Anderson | Olias Of Sunhillow | Ocean Song |
| 20 | Fates Warning | Still Life (Disc Two) | The Ivory Gate Of Dreams |